Children and Young People `Looked After'?: Education, Intervention and the Every

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The relative educational, employment and lifecourse disadvantages of individuals who have experienced the care system remains an issue of widespread international concern. The chapters in this edited collection will be useful for readers across geographical contexts, who are concerned with improving the lives of children and young people.

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The relative educational, employment and life-course disadvantages of individuals who have experienced the care system remains an issue of widespread international concern. This edited collection highlights the significant work undertaken on, and with, care-experienced children and young people in Wales. The chapters will be useful for readers across geographical contexts, who are concerned with improving the lives of children and young people.

Author Biography

The collection is primarily aimed at undergraduate and post-graduate students in the fields of education, social work, social policy, social care and sociology, as well as practitioners and policy makers with an interest in care-experienced children and young people.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tablesList of contributorsAcknowledgements1. Introduction - Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise RobertsI. Education and policy intervention2. Charting the rise of children and young people lookedafter in Wales - Martin Elliott3. Educational interventions for children and young peoplein care: A review of outcomes, implementation andacceptability - Gwyther Rees, Rachel Brown, Phil Smith and Rhiannon Evans4. Exploring the educational attainment and achievementof children who are `looked after' in formal kinship care - Rebecca C. Pratchett and Paul Rees5. Promoting the education of children in care: Reflectionsof children and carers who have experienced `success' - Paul Rees and Amy Munro6. Transitions from care to higher education: A case studyof a young person's journey - Gemma AllnattII. The culture of care and the everyday lives of childrenand young people7. The daily lived experiences of foster care: The centralityof food and touch in family life - Alyson Rees8. The natural environment and its benefits for childrenand young people looked after - Holly Gordon9. Factors that promote positive supervised birth familycontact for children in care - Joanne Pye and Paul Rees10. Yet another change: The experience of movement forchildren and young people looked after - Rebecca Girling11. `A family of my own': When young people in andleaving state care become parents in Wales - Louise RobertsIII. Participatory, qualitative and collaborative approaches12. Positionality and reflexivity: Conducting qualitative interviews with parents who adopt children from foster care - Claire Palmer13. Sandboxes, stickers and superheroes: Employing creative techniques to explore the aspirations and experiences of children and young people who are looked after - Dawn Mannay and Eleanor Staples14. A view from a Pupil Referral Unit: Using participatory methods with young people in an education setting - Phil Smith15. Enabling care-experienced young people's participation in research: CASCADE Voices - Eleanor Staples, Louise Roberts, Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith, Sophie Hallett and CASCADE Voices16. Lights, camera, action: Translating research findings into policy and practice impacts with music, film and artwork - Dawn Mannay, Louisa Roberts, Eleanor Staples and Ministry of LifeIV. Conclusion17 Conclusion - Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise RobertsIndex

Review

"This edited volume draws together a significant body of research in Wales concerning care-experienced children and young people. Using innovative methodologies, and with a welcome focus on strengths as well as needs, this book is an important read for anyone who cares about improving the lives of children and young people in care." ; --June Statham, UCL Institute of Education "This excellent compendium of research, theory, and interventions into the lived experience of children and young people placed in the care system in Wales addresses critical issues that are by no means confined to one country but extend globally. The range, richness, and utility of research-driven insights into the impacts and outcomes of care defines this uniquely valuable text. If you want to be part of improving the lives and life chances of children in care, then, quite simply, this book is essential reading." ; --Andrew Pithouse, Cardiff School of Social Sciences "This book presents an authoritative and fascinating account of looked-after children's views and experiences and of the effectiveness of the system designed to support them. I am heartened by the values that link much of this book, which recognises children and young people's rights to an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential, however difficult their early start has been, and to act as active participants, often partners, in the research process. The empirical evidence presented here is rooted in Wales, and it will therefore be essential reading for practitioners and policy makers in Wales, but the evidence, analysis, and methodological insights will have resonance internationally." ; --Sally Holland, Children's Commissioner for Wales

Promotional

1.The book sets a context for the background of the care population in Wales, and charts research that explores educational experiences, outcomes, and the interventions put in place that seek to alleviate the educational disadvantages experienced by children and young people in care.2.The book draws on empirical research to explore the lived experiences of care experienced children and young people, in a range of contexts and sites, including the home, the school, alternative educational institutions, contact centres, and the natural environment.3.The book documents the `doing' of research and methodological approaches that work directly with participants, involving participatory, qualitative, reflexive and collaborative techniques and innovative research methodologies.

Review Text

1. The book sets a context for the background of the care population in Wales, and charts research that explores educational experiences, outcomes, and the interventions put in place that seek to alleviate the educational disadvantages experienced by children and young people in care.2. The book draws on empirical research to explore the life experiences of care children and young people, in a range of contexts and sites, including the home, the school, alternative educational institutions, contact centres, and the natural environment.3. The book documents the doing of research and methodological approaches that work directly with participants, involving participatory, qualitative, reflexive and collaborative techniques and innovative research methodologies.

Review Quote

"This excellent compendium of research, theory, and interventions into the lived experience of children and young people placed in the care system in Wales addresses critical issues that are by no means confined to one country but extend globally. The range, richness, and utility of research-driven insights into the impacts and outcomes of care defines this uniquely valuable text. If you want to be part of improving the lives and life chances of children in care, then, quite simply, this book is essential reading."

Author Comments

Dawn Mannay is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences (Psychology) at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Alyson Rees is Assistant Director of CASCADE and Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. Louise Roberts is a Research Associate and Lecturer in Social Work at the Childrens Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), Cardiff University.

Details ISBN1786833557 Pages 288 Year 2019 ISBN-10 1786833557 ISBN-13 9781786833556 Format Paperback Imprint University of Wales Press Subtitle Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales DOI 10.1234/b10990 Place of Publication Wales Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Alyson Rees DEWEY 362.7309429 Publication Date 2019-02-15 Short Title Children and Young People 'Looked After'? Language English UK Release Date 2019-02-15 NZ Release Date 2019-02-15 Illustrations Yes Author Alyson Rees Publisher University of Wales Press Alternative 9781786833563 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2019-05-27 We've got this

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